Kevin Rugg
Software Engineer | AI Enthusiast
About These Projects
Currently taking time off from full-time work to explore modern AI technologies and development tools. These hobby projects showcase hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, AI APIs, modern Python web frameworks, and full-stack development. Built using AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code and Replit, demonstrating practical application of emerging technologies in real-world scenarios.
Projects Portfolio
A full-stack travel planning application with AI-powered itinerary generation, real-time flight price integration, and beautiful destination imagery. Users can interact with AI to refine itineraries, search live flight prices, save destinations, and share their trips with others. Features React/TypeScript frontend with modern UI components and Python Flask backend.
Status: 80% Complete — Planned enhancements include expanded flight price integration with multi-city routing, and AI-powered multi-destination itinerary suggestions optimized for available flights and connections.
Technology Stack
Key Features
A comprehensive personal knowledge management system with AI-powered chat, integrating multiple Google services for a unified view of personal data. Features server-side rendered HTML/JavaScript frontend with Flask backend, providing daily briefs, weekly summaries, and context-aware AI assistance that understands your calendar, tasks, documents, and weather data. Includes Google review and approval for handling sensitive data from Google APIs, demonstrating adherence to security and privacy best practices.
Status: 100% Complete — Fully functional production application with Google API approval.
Technology Stack
Google Cloud & API Integrations
Key Features
A full-stack fishing companion application with React/TypeScript frontend and Python Flask backend. Provides AI-powered location-based fishing advice, real-time weather forecasts with 4-day predictions, fly-tying recommendations, and local fishing spot discovery. Features modern UI with Radix UI components, Framer Motion animations, and responsive mobile-first design.
Status: 20% Complete — Core functionality established. Planned features include expertise-based advice customization, advertising integration, and a marketplace for fishing gear companies and guides to contribute attributed advice alongside AI recommendations.